Thread: Mortified...Miles and Koji have fleas :(

Frontline spot on takes 48hrs to become fully effective,have you noticed that the fleas are easier to catch,if they are chances they have got the drug & it is working,are they going for the program inj,if so that will give the added protection of putting the flea on the pill as well,nightmare when you see the little b****rs isn't it,I had epedemic a couple of years ago & my cats are indoors & they had been deflead right up to date.Already sounds as if you have hit your house,did you think to put a bit of the house spray on to a piece of tissue & suck it up your hoover,just to stop any hatching out in there as well.The house spray should work for a good while,one of them says it lasts the year so I would have thought you should be safe to let boys out as any fleas,eggs that hit the floor should come to a sticky ene anyway.
There are other threads on here about this problem,one member of the forum went out & got a steam cleaner.
Let them out bless them & have a cuddle,then a good scratch because even when they are completely gone you are still sure they have hopped back on,just perhaps keep them out of your bedroom until after Monday.
Good luck...x

Not noticing that they are particularly easier to catch...I just don't want to live in a house of fleas for the next 4 days. I know that sounds mean, but fleas are my worst nightmare! So annoying as they are indoor only...

I'm just worried as I've not seen any dead ones off of Miles. I am reluctant to let him out as the Frontline may not be working, also even though we've spent hours flea dusting, flea spraying and vacuuming the last 2 days I don't believe I can cover every inch of the house, and there WILL be the odd crack and patch not covered which means the cycle will continue.

At least I think we've caught it early, as I've only seen 5 lives ones in total on both cats. Miles has much more dirt though, Koji hardly anything. Argh! I just want to se a dead flea from Miles...I REALLY wish I knew about the injection before all this.

Am I just making this out to be a bigger deal than it is? I so so worried about it!

After reading another flea thread on here, I checked Buddy and found some flea dirt. I got some Program Flea tablets from chemist and gave him one. 15 mins later you could actually see dead fleas falling off him. Confined him to bathroom, put flea collar in hoover, powdered carpets, sprayed sofas, beds etc, cuddlies in freezer, hoovered everything; floors, sofas, beds, cushions, clothes etc and nothing since. Incidently he had been Frontlined 10 days before hand. The tablet did make him a bit psycho for half an hour but his fur was really silky after.

I didn't realise I had a problem to start with,as the cats were all up to date with flea treatments,had been using it monthly,I just thought that a couple that were scratching had got some dry skin,can you imagine my reaction when Bruce rolled over for a tummy rub & I saw fleas running through his fur,that night I sat & picked off over a hundred live fleas from the six cats,some were worse than others & I did wonder if it had worked on some of mine better than the others. You are not making a big deal of it at all,I hated it & the chances are that it hasn't worked so well on Miles,on the other hand the dead one you got off of the other cat could have been on Miles & then moved cats to die.....! Might be worth phoning your vet in the morning & see what they would advice as you can't get them in until Monday but I would say by then you will find that you are winning the battle anyway x
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Originally Posted by catslave

After reading another flea thread on here, I checked Buddy and found some flea dirt. I got some Program Flea tablets from chemist and gave him one. 15 mins later you could actually see dead fleas falling off him. Confined him to bathroom, put flea collar in hoover, powdered carpets, sprayed sofas, beds etc, cuddlies in freezer, hoovered everything; floors, sofas, beds, cushions, clothes etc and nothing since. Incidently he had been Frontlined 10 days before hand. The tablet did make him a bit psycho for half an hour but his fur was really silky after.

Do they do program for cats in tablets now,used to be a horrible milky suspension that cats wouldn't take,we gave up selling it at work just have the inj.for cats in that product now,do know there is another tablet that you can get that you give when you see a live flea.
I found my cats coats were a lot better when I moved onto Stronghold the only thing is that it is systemic where the good thing about Frontline is that it is not,but again as it coats the hair with the drug could count for why cats coat feel different.....

Make sure you spray under the sofa and beds ect, they like living under things I was told, yep Jackie another thing I remember from the talk..............still earning that lunch lol

I have JUST had a session with the flea comb on Miles and actually found 2 dead ones and no live ones (only hours earlier there had been only live ones on him)

They had been confined for 48 hours, so upon seeing a dead flea on each cat I have decided to let them out. If I see any more live ones between now and Monday (inj. day) I will defo get the injection. If not, I may just assume the Frontline is working and leave it at that, or I may just go get them injected whatever.

Do I need to continue to vacuum every day? If so, how long do I need to keep up a daily vacuum?

I'd say vacuum for at least a week just to be safe. I have to hoover at least twice a day just to deal with the amount of fur they leave about. Ask Vet for advice re injections.

Jackie, found them in Chemist when I went to get Drontal; expensive £11.96 for 3 tablets, but the results were fantastic.

I'm also having a flea nightmare with Poif. I've used frontline, 2 weeks later frontline combo, and tried frontline again last week, which seem to kill about 3 fleas and then that's it. Have taken to nit combing the fleas out and have been getting about 4 off a day!! It's freaking me out a bit, and this evening I even had a flea casually wondering across my face!! I can only hope the flea was on it's way out though coz I'm sure they're normally more difficult to catch.